Collateral Bride (Claimed by Alessio DeLuca) By VIKKIEREAL Sofia Marchetti was never meant to be part of the mafia world. She had dreams, a future, and a life untouched by blood debts—until her father’s past came calling. On the night she was supposed to celebrate love, Sofia is handed over as collateral to the most feared man in the city. Alessio DeLuca. Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable. A mafia don who believes love is a weakness and marriage is nothing more than a weapon. Forced into a marriage she never agreed to, Sofia vows to hate the man who claimed her body and her name. Alessio expects obedience—but what he gets is defiance, fire, and a woman who refuses to bend. What begins as a marriage of vengeance turns into a dangerous game of power, desire, and secrets neither of them are prepared for. Because Sofia isn’t just his prisoner… She’s becoming his weakness. And in a world where betrayal is punished with blood, loving the wrong woman could cost Alessio DeLuca everything. She was meant to be collateral. He never planned to fall for her. But when obsession replaces revenge, will love survive the lies that brought them together?